diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
index 74fac9d436..e8fef86db6 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtils.java
@@ -1465,6 +1465,11 @@ public abstract class AnnotationUtils {
 		boolean sameTargetDeclared =
 				(sourceAnnotationType.equals(aliasedAnnotationType) || Annotation.class.equals(aliasedAnnotationType));
 
+		// Explicit alias for a different target meta-annotation?
+		if (!searchWithinSameAnnotation && !targetAnnotationType.equals(aliasedAnnotationType)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		// Wrong search scope?
 		if (searchWithinSameAnnotation && !sameTargetDeclared) {
 			return null;
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
index 7d7a6c1b0c..958173b365 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotatedElementUtilsTests.java
@@ -491,6 +491,30 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 		assertEquals("TX qualifier via synthesized annotation.", "aliasForQualifier", annotation.qualifier());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void findMergedAnnotationForMultipleMetaAnnotationsWithClashingAttributeNames() {
+		final String[] xmlLocations = new String[] { "test.xml" };
+		final String[] propFiles = new String[] { "test.properties" };
+
+		Class<?> element = AliasedComposedContextConfigAndTestPropSourceClass.class;
+
+		ContextConfig contextConfig = findMergedAnnotation(element, ContextConfig.class);
+		assertNotNull("@ContextConfig on " + element, contextConfig);
+		assertArrayEquals("locations", xmlLocations, contextConfig.locations());
+		assertArrayEquals("value", xmlLocations, contextConfig.value());
+
+		// Synthesized annotation
+		TestPropSource testPropSource = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(element, TestPropSource.class);
+		assertArrayEquals("locations", propFiles, testPropSource.locations());
+		assertArrayEquals("value", propFiles, testPropSource.value());
+
+		// Merged annotation
+		testPropSource = findMergedAnnotation(element, TestPropSource.class);
+		assertNotNull("@TestPropSource on " + element, testPropSource);
+		assertArrayEquals("locations", propFiles, testPropSource.locations());
+		assertArrayEquals("value", propFiles, testPropSource.value());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void findMergedAnnotationAttributesOnClassWithAttributeAliasInComposedAnnotationAndNestedAnnotationsInTargetAnnotation() {
 		Class<?> element = TestComponentScanClass.class;
@@ -622,6 +646,19 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	@interface MetaAndLocalTxConfig {
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Mock of {@code org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource}.
+	 */
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@interface TestPropSource {
+
+		@AliasFor("locations")
+		String[] value() default {};
+
+		@AliasFor("value")
+		String[] locations() default {};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Mock of {@code org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration}.
 	 */
@@ -679,6 +716,15 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 		String[] xmlConfigFiles();
 	}
 
+	@ContextConfig(locations = "shadowed.xml")
+	@TestPropSource(locations = "test.properties")
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@interface AliasedComposedContextConfigAndTestPropSource {
+
+		@AliasFor(annotation = ContextConfig.class, attribute = "locations")
+		String[] xmlConfigFiles() default "default.xml";
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Mock of {@code org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan}
 	 */
@@ -855,6 +901,10 @@ public class AnnotatedElementUtilsTests {
 	static class InvalidAliasedComposedContextConfigClass {
 	}
 
+	@AliasedComposedContextConfigAndTestPropSource(xmlConfigFiles = "test.xml")
+	static class AliasedComposedContextConfigAndTestPropSourceClass {
+	}
+
 	@TestComponentScan(packages = "com.example.app.test")
 	static class TestComponentScanClass {
 	}
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
index 6a3b3a024e..08519ece3d 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
@@ -675,6 +675,13 @@ public class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 		assertThat(set.size(), is(0));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void getAliasedAttributeNameFromWrongTargetAnnotation() throws Exception {
+		Method attribute = AliasedComposedContextConfig.class.getDeclaredMethod("xmlConfigFile");
+		assertNull("xmlConfigFile is not an alias for @Component.",
+				getAliasedAttributeName(attribute, Component.class));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void getAliasedAttributeNameFromAliasedComposedAnnotation() throws Exception {
 		Method attribute = AliasedComposedContextConfig.class.getDeclaredMethod("xmlConfigFile");